Seema Pahuja is Councilor of Gurgaon's Ward No-11, under the city's Municipal Corporation. In the upcoming Haryana Assembly elections she might contest from the city on the Congress ticket.

In an interview with merinews.com Seema Pahuja
talked about her work as a Councilor, the problems in Gurgaon that
she aims to tackle on priority if she becomes an MLA. Here are the
excerpts from the interview.

Seema Pahuja (SP): I got constructed parks, roads.
Water lines were laid. Apart from this drainage system was also laid
down in the ward. The girls were provided self defence training i.e.
Judo-Karate. We also discussed this particular thing with Deputy
Commissioner Shekhar Vidharthy, who ensured us to

Apart from this my NGO Sky Touch offers two months
free of cost professional training in computer education, stitching,
and beautician course to the women. We also provide scholarship to
poor children who appear for board exams.

Q. What are the big issues you have identified in
Gurgaon that you think need to be sorted out on priority?

SP: Gurgaon is suffering from 'No time bound
delivery of development works.' Traffic chaos is a common affair
here. In rainy season, the water logging on the roads brings the
entire city to a halt. The roads whose age on papers is 15-20 years
get damaged in in 4 -5 years. There is an acute shortage of basic
amenities like drinking water, electricity, roads. Such problems are
neglected by saying that they are in unapproved areas. It needs to
be sorted out shortly.

Q. Women security is also a big issue in Gurgaon.
How would you tackle this challenge, if you become an MLA?

SP: As a woman, I am of the view that today we are
living in a woman-oriented era. The government has made lot of strict
laws to provide protection cover to the women. To deal with such
problems, there is need of creating awareness about these laws. Women
need to be given self defence training. Policing needs to be
tightened up in such areas that prone to crime against women.

Q. As a representative of the people, what will be
your first development strategy for Gurgaon?

SP: As a public representative, I will try to solve
the problems on the basis of preferences. Development will be done
where it is needed. The satisfaction of the people and transparency
is must in making the policies here. In this direction, I will
recommend the government to focus on girls education, reservation for
girls in higher study institutions and open an university in Gurgaon.
Placement will be given to unemployed youths by consulting with Multi
National Companies (MNC). For the smooth movement of traffic in the
city, there is a need of more flyovers, footpaths. Old Gurgaon needs
to be connected to Metro rail.

Q. Congress is on the verge of vanishing from
Gurgaon. It is evident from the fact that a very senior Congress
leader Rao Inderjeet Singh switched to BJP because of decreasing
popularity of the Congress. Do you acknowledge such situation?

SP: This is not correct. As far as Rao Inderjeet
Singh's shifting from Congress to BJP is concerned, he is a
self-centered person. In the time of Congress rule, he never
represented the problems of the people in the Assembly.

Q. There is a magic of Modi in the nation. In
Haryana, there is anti-incumbency factor. What will be future of
Congress Government in the state?

SP: The future of the Congress in the state is still
bright. BJP raised the issue of corruption, inflation and black money
many times in the past. Now BJP itself is in power but inflation is
not yet coming to an end. Tomatoes are being sold at Rs 80 per kg in
the market. The Modi government has hiked the price of sugar two days ago.
Now where is the promise of Acche Din by the Modi government?

Q. Who is Seema Pahuja in her personal life?

SP: I am working as social worker for the last 14
years. I have done my graduation from the Government College in
Gurgaon. My husband Pawan Pahuja also devotes a good time in social
work. Actually he motivates me a lot toward social work.